208 likes, 13 comments - mayukh.sen on May 11, 2025: "for mother’s day, i wanted to share a photo of merle oberon’s mother, constance selby. (in the past this photo has been mislabeled as being of merle’s grandmother, charlotte, but merle’s family confirmed to me while i was reporting my book that it is indeed a photo of constance.) constance selby was born on september 11, 1896 in sri lanka. her mother was sinhalese, and her father was white. constance gave birth to merle in bombay i...| Instagram
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History has effectively erased the achievements of Golden Age icon Merle Oberon.| Slate Magazine